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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, flies over Gao as he visits the troops of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, flies over Gao as he visits the troops of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, visits soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, visits soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, center right, visit soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, has a lunch break with soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita hold a press conference as they meet French soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, visits soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, center right, visit soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, visits soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, review troops as they visit soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, greets authorities as he visits soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, center right, and Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, right, review troops as they visit soldiers of Operation Barkhane, France's largest overseas military operation, in Gao, Northern Mali, Friday, May 19, 2017. On his first official trip outside Europe, new French President Emmanuel Macron is highlighting his determination to crush extremism with a visit to French-led military forces combating jihadist groups in West Africa. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

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FILE-- In the photo taken Saturday Feb. 2, 2013, French President Francois Hollande is surrounded by security as he greets a couple of thousands well-wishers during his two-hour-long visit to Timbuktu, Mali. France's new president Emmanuel Macron has chosen for his first official visit outside Europe the West African nation of Mali, a country where multiple extremist groups pose a growing danger to the region.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, 3rd right, chairs his first cabinet meeting as President with his newly named ministers at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Thursday, May 18, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron named a mix of prominent and unknown figures from the left and the right Wednesday to make up the government tasked with pushing through his plans to reduce labor protections, tighten European unity and boost military spending. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, 2nd right, attends a cabinet meeting with his newly named ministers : Justice minister Francois Bayrou, right, Interior minister Gerard Collomb, 2nd left, and Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Thursday, May 18, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron named a mix of prominent and unknown figures from the left and the right Wednesday to make up the government tasked with pushing through his plans to reduce labor protections, tighten European unity and boost military spending. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

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Newly named French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb waves during the handover ceremony in Paris, Wednesday May, 17, 2017 in Paris. Collomb has been a prominent Socialist politician in France since becoming mayor of Lyon in 2001, France's third biggest city. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Newly named French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb speaks after the handover ceremony in Paris, Wednesday May, 17, 2017 in Paris. Collomb has been a prominent Socialist politician in France since becoming mayor of Lyon in 2001, France's third biggest city. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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CORRECTS AGE TO 52 Newly named French defense minister, Sylvie Goulard, 52, reviews an honor guard during an handover ceremony with her predecessor, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris, France, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron named a mix of prominent and unknown figures from the left and the right Wednesday to make up the government tasked with pushing through his plans to reduce labor protections, tighten European unity and boost military spending. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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CORRECTS AGE TO 52 Newly named French defense minister, Sylvie Goulard, 52, right, waves during an handover ceremony with her predecessor, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris, France, Wednesday May, 17, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron named a mix of prominent and unknown figures from the left and the right Wednesday to make up the government tasked with pushing through his plans to reduce labor protections, tighten European unity and boost military spending. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)